Gate-operating mechanism for railway-cars.



No. 821,273. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

W. S. WRIGHT. GATE OPERATING MECHANISM FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED 001213, 1905.

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WILLIAM S. WRIGHT, ()F WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

GATE-OPERATING MECHANISM FOR RAILWAY-CARS- Jratented May 22, 1906.

Application filed October 13, 1906. Serial No. 282,536.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate- Operating Mechanism for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in gate-operating mechanism for cars; and it consists in the particularconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will hereinafter be fully described. I

The object of the invention is to providea simple mechanism for operating the double folding platform-gates of railway-cars.

In describing the invention in detail reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which 1 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the end of a railway-car equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my gate-operating mechanism, the gate being shown closed and in horizontal section, said section being taken on the line :1: as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of a broken section of a gate, illustrating the application of the arms or levers thereto. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of my gate-operating mechanism, the gate being shown open or folded and in horizontal section, said section being taken on the line y y, Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the crank mechanism.

Referring to said drawings, in which like referencenumerals designate like parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the front end or platform of an elevated-railway car, 2 a corner platform-post, and 3 the adjacent center-post of the platform. Mounted on the corner-post 2 on suitable hinges 4 is the folding gate 5, which consists of two sections 6 and 7, the latter being connected with the former by hinges 8, mounted upon the outer sides of said sections, as shown.

Suitably mounted adjacent the center post 3 upon the inner side of the dash 9 is a plate 10, carrying an inwardly-extending crank-base 11, with a post or axis 12, upon which is mounted a bell-crank 13. One arm of said bell-crank is provided with a crankhandle 14, while the other has upon its end an integral inwardly-projecting post 15,

which serves as an axis for the end of a pitman 16, which extends substantially parallel to the dash 9 and has its opposite end pivotally mounted upon an inwardly-projecting post 17, provided upon the face of a slide 18. Said slide 18 loosely embraces and slides upon a stationary horizontal guide rod or bar 19, which is suitably secured or bolted to the dash, as shown, one end of said guidebar standing close to the corner-post 2 and the other end thereof being held beneath the lip 20, carried by said plate 10.

In each of the sections 6 and 7 of the gate is provided a horizontal rectangular opening or slot, said slots being herein numbered 6.

and 7, respectively, which extend from one side of the frame 21 of the section to the other. Above and below each of said slots, or defining the edges of said slots, are two parallel horizontal bars 22, which are secured at their ends to the frame 21.

Pivotally attached to a lug 23, carried on the face of the slide, and preferably integral therewith, is one end of an arm or lever 24, which extends through the slot 6 in the gate 5 to the outer side thereof and is pivoted intermediate its ends upon a vertical pivot 25, which has its opposite ends mounted in the bars 22 substantially midway between the edges of the section 6 of the gate. Hinged or pivoted at 26 to the outer end of said arm or lever 24 is the end of a second arm or lever 27, the opposite end of which is pivotally attached to a pivot 28, similar to the pivot 25,

which has its ends mounted'in the bars 22 at a suitable point intermediate the edges of the section 7 of the gate.

Assuming that the gate is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, the parts composing my gate-operating mechanism all occupy substantially the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 5. To open said gates, the gateman grasps the crank-handle 14 and throws the bell-crank 13 over, said crank turning on its axis 12. This action draws the pitman 16 back to substantially the position shown in Fig.v 4, the front end thereof turning upon its axis 15. The slide 18 is drawn back, guided by the guide-bar 19, with the pitman 16. Consequently the arm or lever 24, which is connected with said slide, is drawn back, drawing the section 6 of the gate inward therewith. As said arm or lever 24 is drawn back the arm or lever 27 which is hinged or pivoted thereto at its end, draws the section 7 of the gate outward, folding it against the outer face of said section 6.

To close the gate, the operation is the reverse of that just described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, isg In a gate-operating mechanism for railwaycars, the combination with the front end of a car, of a two-section folding gate, the front section of which is hinged upon a suitable support on the corner of the front of the car platform, and the rear section of which is hinged to the rear edge of said front section, the hinges connecting said sections being mounted upon the outer face of the gate, a horizontal slot in each of-sa-id gate-sections, parallel bars defining the edges of-said slots, a ell-crank mounted on the inner side of the dash, a crank-handle carried by oneof the arms of said crank, a pitman connected -to the other arm of said crank, a guide-rod attached to said'dash, a slide movable upon saidguide rod and connected to theopposite end of said pitman, a lever pivoted at one end to said slide and projected through the slot in the front section of the gate, a vertical 1 ivot having its ends mounted in said paralel bars substantially midway between ,the edges of said front gate-section, said lever being pivoted intermediate its ends on said pivot, a second vertical pivot with its ends mounted in the parallel bars of the rear gatesection, and ase'con'd lever pivoted at one end to the outer endof the first-mentioned lever and at its opposite endon-said second pivot, whereby a forward slidin'g movement communicated to the slidei'mparts a folding movement to "said-gate, the front section folding inward and the rear section fold-ing outward againstsaid front section.

Signed by me in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM S. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

EARLE AQLEU'KARD, RoBT. F. DILWORTH. 

